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Last week, we inaugurated Villar Avenue, a 10-kilometer, 10-lane road that we envision will help decongest traffic and reduce travel time from Las Piñas City to portions of Bacoor and Dasmariñas in Cavite province. In addition, we see this road as an important component in creating jobs for our people, opening up more economic opportunities thus paving the way for growth and expansion.

Our economy grew just grew 4.3 percent year-on-year in the second quarter of 2023 amid the challenging global environment and elevated inflation and interest rates. It is slower than the 6.4 percent in the first quarter, bringing the average expansion in the first semester to a still impressive 5.3 percent.

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has formally lifted the state of public health emergency declared due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) by issuing Proclamation 297. Informally, of course, the public has been acting like the pandemic is over since 2022. People have been moving more freely, visiting tourist destinations, and, going about their daily lives.